Anonymous hyperlinks in restructuredtext

[Ned Batchelder]

On Saturday, May 28, 2016 at 8:28:35 AM UTC-4, Sergio Spina wrote:
> From the "restructuredtext markup specification":
> 
> >    Anonymous hyperlink targets consist of an explicit markup
> >    start (".. "), two underscores, a colon, whitespace, and a
> >    link block; there is no reference name:
> >
> >        .. __: anonymous-hyperlink-target-link-block
> >
> >    An alternate syntax for anonymous hyperlinks consists of two
> >    underscores, a space, and a link block:
> >
> >        __ anonymous-hyperlink-target-link-block
> 
> Ok. I got the file "test.rst"
> 
> ...
> 
> Now I put a reference to link1_ and another to link2_

The docs say, "there is no reference name", so you cannot put a reference
to them.  You can use an anonymous syntax:

    Jump to `my blog`__.

    __ http://myblog.com

or you can use a named syntax:

    Jump to `my blog`_.

    .. _my blog: http://myblog.com

The ReST syntax can be arcane...

--Ned.